Collections

Our holdings include over 60,000 videotapes and motion picture film reels about Hawaiʻi from the 1920s – 2000s. Collection focus is on unique, primary source material not widely available or commercially distributed.

To date the collection includes:

• 100th Infantry Battalion Legacy Organization
• 442nd Legacy Center
• Alan Amos
• Alexander and Baldwin Sugar Museum
• Biographical Research Center
• Bishop Museum Media
• Bob Johnson
• CLEAR (The Center for Labor Education and Research)
• Cliff Watson
• Daniel K. Inouye Congressional Collection
• David H. Kalama Jr.
• David L. Brown Productions
• Don Ho
• Filipino-American Historical Society of Hawai‘i
• Gene Kois
• George Cabral Sr. and George Cabral Jr.
• George Tahara
• Growing Old in a New Age
• Hawai‘i Advertising
  • Timothy Bradley
  • David G. Ford
• Hawaii Community Television
• Hawaiʻi Congressional Media
• Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities
• Hawai‘i Craftsmen
• Hawai‘i Educational Film
  • Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
  • Claudia Chotzen
  • Department of Art and Art History-University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • Hawaiian Natural History
  • Northwest Film Center
  • Robert Pennybacker
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library
• Hawai‘i Home Movie
  • Amona Family
  • California Pioneers of Santa Clara County
  • Quon-Ming Dang Family
  • Glover Family
  • Dr. John J. Naughton
  • Sakamoto Family
  • Teramoto Family
  • Rike Weiss and Tanja Browne
  • Gentry Winston Wade
• Hawai‘i International Film Festival
• Hawaiʻi People’s Fund
• Hawai‘i Public Broadcast
• Hawaiʻi Travelogue
  • Hawaii at It’s Best
  • Kerns Family
• Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Hawaiian Electric Company
• Hawaiian Legacy Foundation: Eddie & Myrna Kamae
• Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni
• Honolulu Museum of Art
• Hui O Wa‘a Kaulua
• Hula Preservation Society (PILOT)
• ‘Iolani Palace
• Island Eyes Video
• Jack Law
• Jean Charlot and Hawai‘i Artists Media
• Jeannette Paulson Hereniko and Vilsoni Hereniko
• Joe Fumio Konno
• Juniroa Productions
• KGMB
• KHON
• KHVH
• KITV
• Kahuna Lāʻau Lapaʻau ʻO Maui
• Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies (UH Mānoa) (PILOT)
• Kamehameha Schools
• Katsugo Miho
• Keith Kalani Akana
• Kevin Coates
• Ku‘uipo Kumukahi
• Lāna‘i Culture and Heritage Center (PILOT)
• Lei Pua ‘Ala – Queer Histories of Hawai‘i
• Liljestrand Film
• Lyman Museum and Mission House (PILOT)
• Lynne Waters
• Making Waves Films
• Mandy Blake Bowers
• Marlene Booth
• Mary Tuti Baker
• Mele Stokesberry
• Meleanna Aluli Meyer
• Merrie Monarch Festival
• Micheal Dooley
• Mike Gonsalves
• Mitsuo Aoki
• Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (PILOT)
• Naomi Sodetani
• Noboru Taketa Family
• Noyita Saravia
• Office of Hawaiian Affairs
• Outside Hawaiʻi Television Series
• PBS Hawai‘i
• Pacific Islanders In Communications
• Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
• Palama Settlement
• Papa Ola Lokahi
• Patricia Gillespie
• Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana
• Richard Hamasaki
• Roger Carter
• Ruthadell and Web Anderson
• Samuel P. King
• Stephanie Castillo
• Ted Shibuya
• Tip Davis
• Titus Chan
• Tom Coffman
• Toyofuku Family
• Tropical Visions Video
• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library (PILOT)
• University of Hawai‘i Student Video and Filmmakers’ Association
• University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu Communications Department
• Victoria Keith Productions